Serious Eats: Talk (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Frost is in the air, so we chopped down the remains of the tomato plants. I now have about 15 kilos (!!!) of green tomatoes in my kitchen. I've already made more green tomato pickles than we can eat, a...
Veggie Gardening Tips (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Okay, I’ll admit that this summer was a terrible one for growing tomatoes, and no, I can’t make claims that my garden was immune from the sting of Tomato Blight! But you know what, I still had more than enough homegrown tomatoes to enjoy and share with friends in spite of the widespread disease. This [...]
A Study in Contrasts (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Seriously, is this not one of the weirdest blog post titles you have ever seen? It's definitely been a strange stretch of days, both garden- and cooking-wise, though, so the title "fits" my week pretty well! The weirdness started on Sunday night, when I freaked out a little bit because the temperatures were supposed to drop down into the low 30s for the first time. I had left my tomato...
olives and artichokes - a Mediterranean garden (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
... for them, as I know it works, but more on this when they’re ready to be cured. Some last tomatoes and more gifts … While I was picking the olives and sowing some mangetout peas and more broad beans, Lo Jardinièr cleared the St Pierre and the Coeur de boeuf tomato plants. There were still some edible green and red tomatoes on the plants....
Mother Nature (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Local knowledge on any farm is important. This picture shows a little jumping spider on a tomato plant. This spider is a hunter, and by spraying it with an insecticide, just like the pests, it also dies. Then begins a vicious circle in which the farmer sprays, wipes everything out and invariably the pests come back quicker and stronger causing even more damage because the natural predators...
A Study in Contrasts (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and short in the after-work hours right now, and I had a lot of cleanup to do. There were still tomato plants, peppers, and even herbs left in the garden to clean up! Once the sun set, I headed back inside with a huge basket--trash can lid, actually!--full of the almost-last produce of the gardening year. I stopped at the computer to search for an interesting green tomato recipe...
Mother Nature (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A tomato plant has been transplanted from a nursery into a well mulched field. This field was planted with cabbages and mulched in the initial phase of soil rehabilitation. Interplanted among the cabbages were cow peas for the supply of Nitrogen
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
... even on the bumpiest roads. -- Believe it or not, cable ties are right at home in the garden. From tomato plants and bougainvillea to snapdragons and young trees, plants that need some extra help standing tall can benefit from being gently attached to gardening stakes with cable ties. We recommend ultra-flexible UV stable Mille-Ties, which treat plants kindly and stand...
Plant-Care.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Hydroponics is fun. Experimenting with different plants grown in water or rockwool leads to a new appreciation of the factors required for them to thrive. But, as with any successful project, a certain amount of preparation is required. The first, and most obvious thing needed is the plant itself, either in the form of seed or [...]
Finny Knits (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
[Don't want to read all through the Taming of the Tomatoes? Scroll to the bottom for final garden tallies. Loser.] If I ever sincerely wondered whether four tomato plants may have been too many, this weekend I had it confirmed for me. Four tomato plants is too many. At least when it comes to Breaking Down the Garden time. Because this one woman, her trusty giant yard...
olives and artichokes - a Mediterranean garden (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
This morning the sky over the garden was cold and grey with the sun trying to break through the clouds. The sun did come out later, but it was time to clear away the Roma tomato plants anyway. Some of the tomatoes will ripen, the others we’ll use to make green tomato jam which we’ve found goes very well with cheese, especially goats’ cheese. The...
The 5min Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Several months ago I wrote here about my beautiful new urban garden. It was quite exciting to put together and take care of in the first couple of weeks; I’d say hello to my plants in the morning before leaving for work, and check to see what transformations took place each night as I came [...]
